Germany train attack

Updated 10:13 AM ET, Tue July 19, 2016

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Police stand by a regional train in Wurzburg, Germany, on Monday, July 18, after authorities said a man attacked passengers with an ax. German police shot the man dead in a confrontation after he fled the train. Four passengers who were attacked are in serious condition, police said.

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Blood stains and a rescue blanket appear through the windows of the train in Wurzburg. The attacker was identified as a 17-year-old Afghan man living in Ochsenfurt, Germany.

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Rescuers gather on a road near railroad tracks in Wurzburg. The attack took place as the train was traveling between Treuchtlingen and Wurzburg. Police said the train made an emergency stop short of the station at Wurzburg-Heidingsfeld, where the assailant jumped off and fled into a nearby town.

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A rescuer stands on a road near the railroad tracks in Wurzburg.

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A police officer enters the Kolping House in Ochsenfurt on Tuesday, July 19, where the attacker reportedly lived with other refugees until two weeks ago. The attacker came to Germany without his parents a year ago, police said.

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Officers walk along train tracks in Wurzburg on July 19, a day after the attack. German authorities said they had found a hand-drawn flag resembling the one used by ISIS among the Afghan man's belongings. A pro-ISIS media group said the attacker was an "ISIS fighter," but authorities cast doubt on that claim.

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Police shot and killed an Afghan man, 17, who attacked passengers on a train in southern Germany on Monday, July 18.